Four students from Lawrence High School and two from Liberty Memorial Central Middle School will travel to the Washington, D.C., area next month to take part in the National History Day competition.

The students qualified through their performances at the Kansas State History Day competition in April at Washburn University in Topeka.

LHS junior Sadie Keller qualified by placing first with an individual performance entitled “The Americans with Disabilities Act: The Social Mandate that Defines the Responsibilities of all to Protect the Rights of Some.” She also won the Robert Dole Congressional History Prize, which carries a $300 cash award.

LHS senior Rose Kennedy and junior Celie Davison placed first in their category with a group documentary entitled “Pruitt Igoe: An Experiment Gone Awry.”

Junior Kennedy Dold took third place in her category with an individual documentary entitled “TPAJAX: The Anglo-American Involvement in the 1953 Iranian Coup.” She will attend the national event as an alternate.

Liberty Memorial seventh graders Helena All and Azucena Melchor received second place in the junior documentary category with their project, “A Tragedy of the Commons: The Ogallala Aquifer.”

The national competition will take place June 15-19 in College Park, Md.